Fixed Income Research Role - CFA/IIM/XLRI/FMS/IIT/NIT/BITS - Investment Bank

Fixed Income Research

Bangalore

Requirements

- B-Tech (from IITs/NITs/BITS Pilani)/ MBA (Tier 1 / high Tier 2 colleges) / CFA (preferable)

- 2+ years of experience in Fixed income markets

- A good understanding of global bond markets, commensurate with the experience

- Excellent analytical, written and oral presentation skills

- Decent knowledge of coding and well versed with Excel macros, VBA / C++, SQL

- Experience in handling databases is a must

- Familiarity with quantitative modelling techniques like Nelson-Siegel-Svensson and Principal component analysis will be an added advantage

Role includes

- Partnering with the Global rates team and actively tracking the interest rate regimes across both Developed and emerging markets

- Analyzing the financial, economic, and political situation of each country and authoring research reports, thereby recommending investment strategies in their bonds and derivatives (e.g. IRS and ASW).

- Studying monetary policy, various economic variables and other central bank activity to gauge and identify active trades in the market.

- Analyzing the details of the Quantitative Easing measures across the developed market and their impact on various sovereign curves on an ongoing basis

- Contributing to research reports and commenting on changing supply, spread dynamics in these debt markets, trend in offshore bond flows

- Developing/Maintaining research tools for analyzing relative value opportunities in various sovereign bond markets, tracking their issuance patterns, monitoring central bank rates, predicting yield curve movements etc.

- Hiring for the junior positions in the team and mentoring them to get up to the speed

- Organising training sessions for new hires/interns and participating in floor-level strategic initiatives